Upgrade to XP

For work and school it seems like my wife must upgrade to XP. Will we be
able to use the "Upgrade" version, ME was pre-installed on our HP. The
only ME CD's we have are the three that came with the computer they HP label
on them. They are labeled"System Recovery" and "Application Recovery".

Thanks

David & Rina

Greetings --

Have you made sure that your PC's hardware components are capable
of supporting WinXP? This information will be found at the PC's
manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Hardware Compatibility
List: (http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp) Additionally, run
Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you have any incompatible
hardware components or applications.

You should, before proceeding, take a few minutes to ensure that
there are WinXP device drivers available for all of the machine's
components. There may not be, if the PC was specifically designed for
Win98. Also bear in mind that PCs designed for and sold with Win9x/Me
very often do not meet WinXP's much more stringent hardware quality
requirements. This is particularly true of many models in Compaq's
consumer-class Presario product line or HP's consumer-class Pavilion
product line. WinXP, like WinNT and Win2K before it, is quite
sensitive to borderline defective hardware (particularly motherboards,
RAM and hard drives) that will still support Win9x.

HOW TO Prepare to Upgrade Win98 or WinMe
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q316639


Bruce Chambers

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"David Lawson" <davidlawson@cox.net> wrote in message
news:Qo24b.106923$Ij4.92915@news2.central.cox.net. ..

> For work and school it seems like my wife must upgrade to XP. Will

we be

> able to use the "Upgrade" version, ME was pre-installed on our HP.

The

> only ME CD's we have are the three that came with the computer they

HP label

> on them. They are labeled"System Recovery" and "Application

Recovery".

>
> Thanks
>
> David & Rina
>
>

Yes but you will need to run the Upgrade from the Windows Me Desktop. Check
here for upgrading information http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm


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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"David Lawson" <davidlawson@cox.net> wrote in message
news:Qo24b.106923$Ij4.92915@news2.central.cox.net. ..

> For work and school it seems like my wife must upgrade to XP. Will we be
> able to use the "Upgrade" version, ME was pre-installed on our HP. The
> only ME CD's we have are the three that came with the computer they HP

label

> on them. They are labeled"System Recovery" and "Application Recovery".
>
> Thanks
>
> David & Rina
>
>

Hi,

I am currently running Win 98 on a 555MHz processor with 8Gb HD on Compaq
Presario 7477. I wish to upgrade my small HD to a Maxtor 40Gb HD and install
WinXP home on the new HD whilst keeping all other hardware-

My question - will this work? Any potential problems to look out for.

Cheers,
Mark


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